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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-04-01 16:13:21 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-04-01 16:13:21 -0700
commit675c354a95d5375153b8bb80a0448cab916c7991 (patch)
tree88cbc5a5a31dd1c1016271006a8d56cfe0abf7bd /Documentation/w1/w1.netlink
parentc70929147a10fa4538886cb23b934b509c4c0e49 (diff)
parent1b3fa22e0234d613df967445cd34807e10fa54fa (diff)
Merge tag 'char-misc-3.15-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc
Pull char/misc driver patches from Greg KH: "Here's the big char/misc driver updates for 3.15-rc1. Lots of various things here, including the new mcb driver subsystem. All of these have been in linux-next for a while" * tag 'char-misc-3.15-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (118 commits) extcon: Move OF helper function to extcon core and change function name extcon: of: Remove unnecessary function call by using the name of device_node extcon: gpio: Use SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS macro extcon: palmas: Use SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS macro mei: don't use deprecated DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE macro mei: amthif: fix checkpatch error mei: client.h fix checkpatch errors mei: use cl_dbg where appropriate mei: fix Unnecessary space after function pointer name mei: report consistently copy_from/to_user failures mei: drop pr_fmt macros mei: make me hw headers private to me hw. mei: fix memory leak of pending write cb objects mei: me: do not reset when less than expected data is received drivers: mcb: Fix build error discovered by 0-day bot cs5535-mfgpt: Simplify dependencies spmi: pm: drop bus-level PM suspend/resume routines spmi: pmic_arb: make selectable on ARCH_QCOM Drivers: hv: vmbus: Increase the limit on the number of pfns we can handle pch_phub: Report error writing MAC back to user ...
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink b/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink
index f59a31965d50..927a52cc0519 100644
--- a/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink
+++ b/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Message types.
=============
There are three types of messages between w1 core and userspace:
-1. Events. They are generated each time new master or slave device
- found either due to automatic or requested search.
+1. Events. They are generated each time a new master or slave device
+ is found either due to automatic or requested search.
2. Userspace commands.
3. Replies to userspace commands.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ of the w1_netlink_cmd structure and cn_msg.len will be equal to the sum
of the sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) and sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd).
If reply is generated for master or root command (which do not have
w1_netlink_cmd attached), reply will contain only cn_msg and w1_netlink_msg
-structires.
+structures.
w1_netlink_msg.status field will carry positive error value
(EINVAL for example) or zero in case of success.
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ procedure is started to select given device.
Then all requested in w1_netlink_msg operations are performed one by one.
If command requires reply (like read command) it is sent on command completion.
-When all commands (w1_netlink_cmd) are processed muster device is unlocked
+When all commands (w1_netlink_cmd) are processed master device is unlocked
and next w1_netlink_msg header processing started.